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Ease into the day with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 17 in G major, K 453 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria Pires - Piano.
    • DGG.
    • 2.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Serenade No. 2 for strings

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • MUSIQUE D'ABORD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: 6. Et misericordia & 7. Fecit potentiam

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: Thomas Walker. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • 3 Bach Magnificats: J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach & C.P.E. Bach.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Erato.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Sinfonia in G major

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Archiv.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 in D major Op.107 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat (4th mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
    • Ondine.
    • 104.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Minuetto & Finale

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • MDG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Prelude & Alla Hornpipe (Water Music Suite in F, HWV.348)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Handel: Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 001.
  • Henry Purcell

    Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z.50

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Bright Orb of Harmony: The Sixteen/Harry Christopers.
    • Coro.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Virgin.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no. 4

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ron Goodwin

    633 Squadron - Main title

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ron Goodwin.
    • Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite, Main Title Theme (From "633 Squadron") & Other Orchest.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • John Playford

    Faronell's Division

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia/Luonnota U.A. : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Quintet no. 1 in D minor Op.89 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt Allegro moderato

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV.501 'La notte'

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 23.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Come to me for chorus

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Franz Krommer

    Concerto for 2 Clarinets in E flat, Op.91 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Jörg Faerber.
    • Clarinet Works By Krommer & Rossini.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.

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